Arrangement for electrically dividing up sums of money and the like according to species



March 27, 1 E. SPINGIES EIAL 3,027,074 LECTRICALLY DIVIDING UP SUMS 0 ARRANGEMENT FOR E MONEY AND THE LIKE ACCORDING TO SPECIES Filed March 20, 1957 .P. m w r R. A H

3,027,074 a GEMENT FOR ELECTRICALLY DTVIDING UP SUMS OF MONEY AND THE LIKE ACCGRD- ING T SPECIES Erwin Spingies, Hamburg, and Herbert Rose, Wohltorf,

Lauenburg, Germany, assignors to Brunsviga Maschinenwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Braunschweig, Germany, a firm Filed Mar. 20, 1957, Ser. No. 647,428 Claims priority, application Germany Apr. 13, 1956 2 Claims. (Cl. 235-92) This invention relates to an arrangement for electrically segregating sums of money or the like according to denomination, especially for accounting machines in which the sums of money are represented according to value by voltages or impulses.

Hitherto the subdividing of a large sum of money to be paid out to a number of separate individuals in different amounts, was effected by hand according to denomination in a complicated and time-wasting manner.

The object of this invention is to provide new and improved apparatus to effect a segregation according to denomination in the most favorable manner. The subdividing of the sum of money into the individual amounts is efiected in the following manner. For each place of the sum of money several contact paths of a selector or a stepping mechanism or of counting magnets or the like are provided, the set contacts of which actuate counting mechanisms for the actual species of money through the intermediary of switching relays.

Sequence relays are connected with the switching relays, are influenced by condenser charges from contact paths not coordinated to the switching relays, and actuate in addition the counting mechanisms. The individual contacts of the contact paths are connected in circuit with the counting mechanisms in such a manner that the corresponding contacts of all contact paths jointly represent the amount to be divided.

The selectors, stepping mechanisms, counting magnets or the like can also directly influence the counting mechanisms. It is likewise possible to efiect a conversion of the amounts of money from one currency into another, when a combination between the individual orders takes place in the wiring of contacts of the contact paths.

Two preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a wiring diagram for a circuit representing one place of a sum of money having three denominations of currency, and

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a circuit representing one place of a sum of money having two denominations of currency.

FIG. 1 shows a stepping mechanism 11 with contact paths 12-15 and sliders 16-19. The switch positions are designated by 0 to 9. To the contact paths 12, 13 and 15 are connected switching relays 20, 21 and 22 to actuate counting mechanisms 26, 27 and 28 through the intermediary of contacts 23, 24 and 25. The switching relay 21 can actuate, through the intermediary of a condenser 29 and a change-over contact 30, a sequence relay 31 which, via a contact 32, causes the counting mechanism 27 to respond.

The wiring diagram illustrated in FIG. 1 is provided for subdividing sums of money in the one-pfennig place, the one-mark place and the ten-mark place. For each place there exist for example in Germany three denominations of money, such as one-pfennig pieces, two-Pfennig pieces, five-pfennig pieces and one-'nark pieces, twomark pieces, five-mark pieces and ten-mark notes, twentymark notes, fifty-mark notes by which each place amount is to be represented.

3,927,974 Patented Mar. 27, 1962 The counting mechanism 26 counts the number of onefennig pieces or one-mark pieces or ten-mark notes.

The counting mechanism 27 counts the number of twopfennig pieces or two-mark pieces or twenty-mark notes.

The counting mechanism 28 counts the number of five-pfennig pieces or five-mark pieces or fifty-mark notes.

If a sum of money "8 (pfennigs or marks) is to be subdivided, all the sliders 16-19 of the stepping mechanism 11 are stepped in known manner, as by the sequential application of eight pulses, to their contacts 8 of the contact paths 12-15. When the stepping mechanism has come to a standstill, a potential is applied in known manner via relay 69, contacts 70, and a lead 33 common to all sliders and causes the switching relays 20-22 to respond. These relays then actuate the counting mechanisms 26-28 with the result that subdivision into denominations 1, 2 and 5 takes place. Relay 69 and contact 70 operate in the same manner as relay 35 and contact 69 of FIG. 1 of German Patent 428,872.

If a sum of money 9 is to be subdivided, the sliders are stepped to the contacts 9 of their contact paths 12-15. The switching relays 21 and 22 now respond and switch the counting mechanisms 27 and 28. The species 2 and 5 are now counted. When the switching relay 21 responds, the condenser 29 is charged from the contact 9 of the'contact path 14 via the change-over contact 30 which is in its operative position. When the potential in the lead 33 is switched 05 the switching relay 21 also drops. The charge of the condenser 29 now energizes the sequence relay 31 via the change-over contact 30 which is in its inoperative position and the sequence relay 31 again causes the counting mechanism 27 to respond via its contact 32. The sum of money 9 is now divided into 252.

For subdividing sums of money in the ten-Pfennig place, the wiring scheme of FIG. 2 is provided.- For this place there are only two kinds of money in Germany, namely ten-pfennig pieces and fiftyfennig pieces which are to make up every place amount.

FIG. 2 shows a stepping mechanism 34 with contact paths 35-39 and sliders 40-44. The switching positions are designated by 0 to 9. A switching relay 45 is connected to the contact path 35 and a switching relay 46 to the contact path 39, which relays actuate a counting mechanism 49 for the tenfennig pieces and a counting mechanism 59 for fifty-Pfennig pieces via contacts 47 and 48 respectively. The relay 45 can switch three condensers 54-56 on to the contact paths 36-38 by three change-over switches 51-53. In deenergized position the change-over contact 51 can transmit the charge of the condenser 54 to a sequence relay 57 which in turn switches on the counting mechanism 49 via a contact 58. The sequence relay 57 has a change-over contact 59 which, in energized position, takes up the charge of the condenser 55 in a condenser 60. When the contact 59 drops, this charge is transferred to a sequence relay 61 which now switches on the counting mechanism 49 via a contact 62. A change-over contact 63 takes over, in its energized position, the charge of the condenser 56 in a condenser 64. When the contact 63 drops, the charge of the condenser 64 is transferred to a sequence relay 65 which switches in the counting mechanism 49 Via a contact 66.

If a sum of money is to be divided up into denominations, all the sliders 40-44 of the stepping mechanism 34 are stepped on to their contacts 9 of the contact paths 35-39. A voltage is then fed through a lead 67 on to the slide-rs 40-44 which causes the relays 45 and 46 to react. These relays actuate the counting mechanisms 49 and 50. The ten-pfennig and fifty-pfennig pieces are each new counted once. On the operation of the switching relay 45 the condensers 54-56 ar charged through contact paths 36, 37 and 38, respectively. When the relay 45 releases, the condenser 54 passes its charge on to the sequence relay 57 which steps the counting mechanism 49 via its contact 58. The ten-pfennig pieces are thus counted a second time. The sequence relays 61-65 are actuated in a similar manner and effect two further stepping operations of the counting mechanism 49. The sum of money 90 is now divided into Other subdivisions for other kinds of money or the like can be carried out at any time by suitably connecting the switching and sequence relays to the contacts of the contact paths. It is also possible to carry out the conversion of one currency into another with the arrangement according to the invention. On the occurrence of an amount of, for example, Mark 4.20 it is possible by the co-operation of the unitfennig place and the tenfennig place to switch in a counting mechanism for the amount or" one dollar. Similarly the conversion into cent-values takes place in the manner described.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believed that the arrangement will at once be apparent, and while there are herein shown and described preferred embodiments of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

We claim:

1. Apparatus for deriving the smallest number of units of each denomination which comprises a monetary sum represented by a train of pulses the number of which is indicative of the value of said sum, said apparatus comprising a plurality of pulse responsive electrical switching devices each of which switching devices has a plurality of stationary contacts individually representative of a monetary sum and a single movable contact, said devices each including means responsive to input pulses to position said movable contact adjacent the stationary contact representative of the sum to be subdivided, means for connecting together those stationary contacts of each switch-. ing device which represent sums of money of which the monetary denomination associated with the particular switching device may be a component, a plurality of relay coils, one relay coil of said plurality connected to each of said means for connecting together the stationary contacts of each of said devices, each of said relay coils to be operated by electrical energy transmitted therethrough, relay contacts adjacent each relay coil and actuated by the energization of its associated coil, single means for each denomination for indicating the number of actuations of said relay contacts, means for selectively energizing said movable contacts, an additional pulse responsive electrical switching device for each possible representation of any denomination which may be represented more than once in a monetary sum, an electrical storage member associated with each switching device, a relay coil connected to each of said storage members to be energized thereby, and relay contact members to actuate said denomination indicating means for each separate transfer of energy from said storage members.

2. Apparatus for deriving the smallest number of units of each denomination constituting an amount of money, said apparatus comprising a plurality of pulse responsive individual switch means for receiving a digit of the amount of money to be converted, said digit being represented by a train of pulses whose number indicates the amount, each of said switch means representing the smallest denomination of this digit and comprising a plurality of stationary contacts on contact paths equal in number to the radix of the system and each of the contacts representing a value of said sum and a movable slide contact for each contact path adapted to be electrically connected with the stationary contact representing the value of the denomination to be converted, means for connecting together those stationary contacts of an individual switch means which represent the sum values containing the smallest denomination represented by the individual switch means, a first relay having a first coil and first relay contacts associated therewith connected to each of said connecting means which represent a first time a particular denomination may be represented in an amount of money, counting means for each denomination connected to the respective first relay contacts for indicating the operation of each of said relays, additional switch means for each denomination which appears more than once in a sum, the number of switch means being equal to the maximum number of times a denomination may appear in any sum to be converted, second relay contacts associated with said first relay coil, each of said second relay contacts being connected between the stationary contacts of an additional switch means which represents an additional time a particular denomination may be represented in an amount of money, and an electrical storage device in one position and to a means for actuating said counting means in a second position whereby said storage means receives electrical information for storage when an additional switch means is operative and then transmits said stored electrical information to actuate said counting means, and means for positioning said movable slide contacts adjacent the respective stationary contacts representing sum to be converted.

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